Bidspirit auctions | Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH Auction Oct 24

Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH, Oct 24. 388 lots, estimates 100 - 55000 €.

Karl-Heinz Cortrie GmbH -

Pocket watches and wristwatches, fine collector’s watches

This sale presents an exceptional horological journey, offering a comprehensive collection of timekeeping devices. Spanning from the 17th to the 21st century, it features a diverse array of pocket watches from eminent European makers, showcasing remarkable technical complexities such as repeaters, chronometers, and automatons, alongside exquisite artistic and decorative designs. Complementing these are significant wristwatches, precision marine chronometers, rare scientific instruments, and elegant antique accessories, reflecting centuries of masterful craftsmanship and innovation.

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Lots in this catalog (388)

• Lot 4001: Pocket watch: rare miniature Lepine with engraved movement, Bautte Geneve 26mm, ca. 1830 — €400 - €1,000
• Lot 4002: Pocket watch: fine "Lépine à Paris" with ruby cylinder escapement, ca. 1830 — €500 - €1,000
• Lot 4003: Pocket watch: Longines rarity, early hunting case pocket watch with key winding, Agassiz-Longines No. 5499, ca. 1870 — €400 - €1,000
• Lot 4004: Pocket watch for the Chinese market, circa 1850, signed "Bovet Fleurier" — €600 - €1,000
• Lot 4005: Pocket watch/pendant watch: exceptional, rare cylinder watch by Gustav Sandoz, circa 1865 — €900 - €2,000
• Lot 4006: Pocket watch: One-of-a-kind, large verge watch with antler/bone case and bone dial, Alpine style, circa 1780 — €900 - €2,500
• Lot 4007: Pocket watch: early, large, technically interesting lever escapement watch, hallmarks 1783 — €900 - €2,000
• Lot 4008: Pocket watch: early deck watch with center seconds, court watchmaker to Hesse, Paris, c. 1780 — €800 - €1,200
• Lot 4009: Pocket watch: rare, early "Doctor"s Watch" with regulator dial, stopwatch function and date, London 1782 — €900 - €1,500
• Lot 4010: Pocket watch: interesting astronomical verge watch with regulator dial, London ca. 1828 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4011: Pocket watch: large verge watch with calendar and so-called "hypnotic" balance wheel, c. 1780 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4012: Pocket watch: large Lepine with jumping hours, ca. 1820 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4013: Pocket watch: very rare ladies" watch by Breguet, ca. 1840 — €1,400 - €2,500
• Lot 4014: Pocket watch: Tobias Liverpool "Patent Time Keeper" Captain"s Watch with center seconds, early deckwatch circa 1850 — €1,000 - €1,400
• Lot 4015: Pocket watch/pendant watch: very fine ladies" watch by Breguet, ca. 1890 — €1,300 - €2,000
• Lot 4016: Pocket watch: gold Louis XV verge watch with relief case, Gilbert Paris 1767 — €900 - €2,000
• Lot 4017: Pocket watch: 4-colour relief verge watch, signed Lepine Paris, ca. 1780 — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4018: Pendant watch: gold and enamel ladies" watch set with diamonds and a gold and enamel brooch, c. 1890 — €400 - €1,000
• Lot 4019: Pocket watch/pendant watch: miniature gold and enamel watch depicting a female warrior, circa 1880 — €600 - €1,000
• Lot 4020: Pocket watch/pendant watch: rare miniature ladies" watch with enamel painting, c. 1900 — €600 - €800
• Lot 4021: Pocket watch/pendant watch: exquisite platinum/gold/enamel ladies" watch set with diamonds, c. 1910 — €1,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4022: Pocket watch: rare gold and enamel ladies" watch from a noble family, Lamarche Vinit Paris, circa 1880 — €1,000 - €1,500
• Lot 4023: Pendant watch: gold and enamel "Boule de Genève" shaped watch with original brooch and diamond setting, circa 1900 — €1,200 - €2,500
• Lot 4024: Pocket watch/pendant watch: rare, very fine ladies" half hunting case, Gustave Sandoz, circa 1880 — €1,200 - €1,500
• Lot 4025: Pocket watch: early verge watch with skeletonised movement, c. 1780 — €1,800 - €2,500
• Lot 4026: Pocket watch: large, very beautiful "shell"-shaped watch, Huet à Bolbec, circa 1800 — €1,700 - €2,500
• Lot 4027: Pocket watch: fine 18K anchor escapement watch with independent stop seconds, "Seconde Morte", ca. 1850 — €1,600 - €3,000
• Lot 4028: Interesting Danish pocket watch with a rare calibre, Matthai Kiobenhavn, circa 1850 No. 6! — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4029: Pocket watch/pendant watch: gold/enamel Lépine set with diamonds, formerly owned by the nobility, c. 1840 — €1,200 - €1,800
• Lot 4030: Pocket watch: very fine Geneva gold enamel "Lépine" with diamond setting, Mallet, Geneva, c. 1830 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4031: Pocket watch: rare gold and enamel Lépine with very fine enamel painting, Vacheron Genève, circa 1830 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4032: Pocket watch: attractive gold and enamel verge watch with repeater, Henry Voisin, Paris, c. 1780 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4033: Pocket watch: gold cylinder watch with pearl setting and repeater, Teronde Alliez, circa 1780 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4034: Pocket watch: rare 18K gold cylinder watch with pearl setting and repeater, Ageron Paris, circa 1780 — €1,600 - €2,800
• Lot 4035: Pocket watch: fine verge watch with repeater and ruby cylinder in the Breguet style, original Lepine, circa 1800 — €1,600 - €5,000
• Lot 4036: Pocket watch: fine 18K verge watch set with precious stones, turquoise & garnet, ca. 1820 — €1,600 - €2,400
• Lot 4037: Pocket watch: a rare and historically interesting pocket watch formerly owned by Count Leutrum von Ertingen, — €400 - €1,000
• Lot 4038: Pocket watch: Rarity from the Andreas Huber Urania Watch Factory, "Double Lever Watch", ca. 1910 — €1,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4039: Pocket watch: unusual split-seconds chronograph with coin case, possibly military, circa 1890 — €1,000 - €1,400
• Lot 4040: Pocket watch: exceptional iron Vacheron & Constantin, formerly owned by the nobility, c. 1915 — €1,200 - €2,000
• Lot 4041: Pocket watch: very rare pocket watch with calculator scales, Meyrat & Perdrizet patent, circa 1890 — €1,500 - €3,000
• Lot 4042: Historically interesting pocket watch, Glashütte Precision Watch Factory, circa 1920, with original box — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4043: Pocket watch: rare "Tir cantonal du centenaire" marksman's watch, Geneva 1914, with repeater — €1,400 - €2,000
• Lot 4044: Pocket watch in very good condition with box, court watchmaker Suchy & Söhne, Vienna, circa 1900 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4045: Rare pocket watch with "REVOLVING PORTRAITS" automatic mechanism, Patent No. 24792, A. Schweizer-Schatzmann, — €400 - €1,500
• Lot 4046: Pocket watch: pink gold Omega hunting case pocket watch, circa 1900, first-class precision movement — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4047: Pocket watch: attractive precision pocket watch with minute repeater and chronograph, Arnold & Lewis, circa 1880 — €1,200 - €2,000
• Lot 4048: Pocket watch: early Adolph Lange Dresden, Grade 1A, sold in 1874 to Schumann, New York — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4049: Pocket watch: one of the earliest known Jules Jürgensen pocket watches with a repeater, Jules Jürgensen Copenhagen No. — €2,000 - €6,000
• Lot 4050: Pocket watch: rare A. Lange & Söhne gold hunting case pocket watch with black dial, probably from the 1930s — €1,900 - €3,500
• Lot 4051: Wristwatch: extremely rare Dugena "Skin Diver 25" diver's watch, Ref. 2000, ca. 1960 — €500 - €1,500
• Lot 4052: Wristwatch: attractive vintage Tudor Prince with black dial, steel and gold — €700 - €1,500
• Lot 4053: Wristwatch: vintage chronograph, Omega Speedmaster Mark II, Ref. 145.014, ca. 1970 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4054: Wristwatch: vintage Heuer chronograph in excellent condition, presumed Ref. 3647, ca. 1960 — €1,200 - €3,000
• Lot 4055: Pocket watch: an exceptional, technically interesting "Seconde Morte" with a pusher in the pendant, ca. 1850 — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4056: Pocket watch: Technically extremely rare double-wheel Omskirk escapement, James Ryland Omskirk, c. 1793 — €1,500 - €2,500
• Lot 4057: Pocket watch: ornate verge watch with alarm and repeater, Courvoisier et Comp., c. 1800 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4058: Pocket watch: technically interesting verge watch, self-striking and repeater, circa 1800 — €1,700 - €2,500
• Lot 4059: Pocket watch with Jacquemart figure automaton, c. 1820 — €2,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4060: Pocket watch: large skeletonised verge watch with self-striking mechanism, Vaucher à Paris, c. 1820 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4061: Pocket watch: rare calendar watch with visible balance wheel and rare original magnifying key, 60 mm!, ca. 1780 — €1,800 - €2,500
• Lot 4062: Pocket watch: very rare self-winding verge watch, Schmit, c. 1800, provenance: Sabrier Collection — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4063: Pocket watch: very rare verge watch with enamel painting, compass, mock pendulum and early seconds hand, ca. 1780 — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4064: Pocket watch: A rarity, an extremely large skeletonised Prague Tula verge watch with minute repeater, ca. 1820 — €2,500 - €7,500
• Lot 4065: Pocket watch: large 4-case verge watch for the Ottoman market, Prior London 1821 — €2,200 - €3,000
• Lot 4066: Pocket watch: early English cylinder watch/deck watch with center seconds, ca. 1760 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4067: Pocket watch: early verge watch with alarm, Terrot et Thuillier, Geneva, c. 1760 — €2,400 - €4,000
• Lot 4068: Pocket watch: extremely rare double-wheel Debaufre escapement, Patry, Geneva, circa 1820 — €1,000 - €2,500
• Lot 4069: Pocket watch: rare duplex watch for the Chinese market, 2 time zones & 2 jumping seconds, ca. 1850 — €1,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4070: Pocket watch: fine double-cased verge watch with repeater, Rivers & Son, successors to D. St. Leu, HM 1800 — €1,400 - €2,500
• Lot 4071: Pocket watch: extremely rare gold and enamel Breguet "Cabriolet"-type watch with repeater, La Croix Turin, circa 1830 — €1,600 - €5,000
• Lot 4072: Pocket watch: very rare gold and enamel verge watch with pearl inlay, c. 1780 — €1,900 - €3,000
• Lot 4073: Pocket watch: gold/enamel verge watch with exceptional pearl decoration, Gudin, Paris, c. 1780 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4074: Pocket watch: very fine four-colour gold and enamel verge watch, by the Royal Watchmaker Lepine, Paris, circa 1780 — €2,200 - €3,000
• Lot 4075: Pocket watch: attractive gold and enamel spindle watch, Gorteau à Tours 1773?1787 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4076: Pocket watch: Viennese enamelled spindle watch with 4 paintings, signed Schmit, c. 1800 — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4077: Pendant watch: gold/enamel "shell"-shaped watch, probably Geneva, c. 1810 — €2,400 - €3,000
• Lot 4078: Pocket watch: early verge watch with extremely rare "Camaieu" enamel painting, the sea monster Ketos and the Nereids, — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4079: Pocket watch: Rococo verge watch with enamel painting, rare scene, c. 1760 — €2,800 - €4,500
• Lot 4080: Pendant watch: very fine gold and enamel ladies" watch with matching brooch, Henry Capt, Geneva, circa 1890 — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4081: Watch keys: an interesting collection of antique keys and pendants, many rarities, 18th & 19th centuries. — €3,000 - €7,000
• Lot 4082: Pocket knife: museum-quality case in gold and enamel, probably Paris, circa 1777/1778 — €1,200 - €5,000
• Lot 4083: Pocket watch: exceptionally beautiful Rococo gold and enamel verge watch, Jaques Broche Berlin, c. 1760 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4084: Fancy watch in the shape of a drum, enamelled, probably circa 1850 — €2,700 - €3,500
• Lot 4085: Pocket watch: very rare gold and enamel "pear"-shaped watch depicting a pair of swans, c. 1800 — €3,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4086: Small collection of gold verge watchkeys, ca. 1750?1850 — €800 - €2,000
• Lot 4087: Watch keys: an exceptional collection of very fine verge watch keys, ca. 1700?1820 — €3,000 - €7,000
• Lot 4088: Pocket watch: large Jacquemart "Africa" figure automaton, Switzerland, c. 1820 — €2,800 - €4,000
• Lot 4089: Pocket watch: particularly large Jacquemart figure automaton "Africa", Esquivillon & Dechoudens, c. 1820 — €2,800 - €4,500
• Lot 4090: Watch chain seal pendant with musical movement, known as a "musical seal", circa 1820 — €1,500 - €3,000
• Lot 4091: Ring watch: unusual historical ring watch set with diamonds, France, c. 1860 — €3,000 - €7,000
• Lot 4092: Pocket watch: large gold Lepine with a special carillon strike, ca. 1800 — €2,600 - €5,000
• Lot 4093: Pocket watch: early English double-cased verge watch, Andrew Dunlop, London (1701?1731) — €1,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4094: Pocket watch: early London paircase watch with date, Markwick London, c. 1740 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4095: Pocket watch: large repoussé verge watch with a case signed "Cochin", Wilter London, circa 1770 — €1,400 - €2,000
• Lot 4096: Pocket watch: London pocket watch circa 1700 with mock pendulum, signed "Quare London" — €2,200 - €4,000
• Lot 4097: Pocket watch: early London pocket watch circa 1690, Simon Decharmes — €2,200 - €4,000
• Lot 4098: Pocket watch: early English pocket watch c. 1695, Thornton, London — €2,600 - €3,500
• Lot 4099: Pocket watch: rare skeletonised verge watch, William Wood London, c. 1780 — €1,400 - €2,000
• Lot 4100: Pocket watch: heavy, imposing double-cased watch for the Ottoman Empire, G. Prior London HM 1799 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4101: Pocket watch: early "Oignon" with an unusual date position and silver bridge, c. 1720 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4102: Pocket watch: interesting "Oignon" with hour repeater, ca. 1720 — €1,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4103: Pocket watch: attractive "oignon" style with repeater, Augustin Fortin à Paris, c. 1730 — €2,400 - €4,000
• Lot 4104: Pocket watch: fine double-cased cylinder watch by John Ellicott, London, No. 7073, hallmarks 1781 — €2,800 - €4,500
• Lot 4105: Pocket watch: attractive 18K gold/enamel hunting case pocket watch, Alphonse Humbert, Geneva, circa 1865 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4106: Pocket watch: heavy gold verge watch with repeater and self-striking mechanism, signed Roche Geneve, c. 1800 — €2,500 - €4,000
• Lot 4107: Pocket watch: Lepine with early seconds and repeater, cylinder escapement, c. 1830 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4108: Wristwatch: IWC Classic Ref. 1872 Square Cushion "TV", steel, manufactured in 1972 — €1,200 - €1,800
• Lot 4109: Wristwatch: vintage Omega Speedmaster Triple Date chronograph, Ref. 3521.80, ca. 1995 — €1,700 - €2,500
• Lot 4110: Wristwatch: large vintage IWC chronograph Valjoux 7750, 1970s — €1,300 - €2,500
• Lot 4111: Wristwatch: Triple Calendar chronograph in chronometer quality, Eterna "1948" Ref. 8515.41 — €1,000 - €2,000
• Lot 4112: Pocket watch: extremely rare Ulysse Nardin chronometer with electric contact mechanism, ca. 1880 — €1,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4113: Pocket watch: rare, sought-after school chronometer, calibre 49.9, La Chaux-de-Fonds Watchmaking School, 1960s — €3,000 - €6,000
• Lot 4114: Pocket watch: Naval deck watch, Vacheron & Constantin chronometer, Second World War, with chronometer certificates — €2,500 - €6,500
• Lot 4115: Pocket watch: A rarity, French navigation pocket watch with compass, "Montre Boussole" chronograph, circa 1900 — €2,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4116: Pocket watch: First-class marine deck watch, Glashütte GUB, circa 1955, original box — €1,400 - €2,500
• Lot 4117: Pocket watch: Naval deck watch, Second World War, A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte — €2,300 - €3,500
• Lot 4118: Pocket watch: significant deck chronometer with 34-minute carousel, Bonniksen 57310, KEW 1904 — €5,000 - €15,000
• Lot 4119: Pocket watch: Vacheron & Constantin military deck chronometer, Second World War — €4,800 - €6,500
• Lot 4120: Pocket watch: Very fine English chronometer, Haley Junior, London 1827 — €1,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4121: Pocket watch: rare English chronometer by Barraud London No. 1788 — €2,800 - €4,500
• Lot 4122: Pocket watch: technically interesting timepiece for the Chinese market, virgule escapement/center seconds/diablotine, — €3,000 - €6,000
• Lot 4123: Pocket watch: early deck watch with regulator dial and stop seconds, circa 1830 — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4124: Pocket watch: rare, extremely heavy Barraud chronometer No. 9274, ca. 1815 — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4125: Pocket watch: significant chronometer, Barraud"s Earnshaw series, London c. 1803 — €3,500 - €10,000
• Lot 4126: Pocket watch/shaped watch: unusual Art Deco dress watch with an enamelled teardrop-shaped case, Mido brand, 1930s — €800 - €1,500
• Lot 4127: Pocket watch: extremely rare Art Deco dress watch with date, precision movement, E. Koehn Geneva, circa 1925 — €1,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4128: Pocket watch: highly attractive platinum dress watch set with sapphires, Movado circa 1925, — €1,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4129: Pocket watch: exceptionally beautiful Geneva dress watch set with sapphires, c. 1920, Henry Capt Geneve — €1,200 - €5,000
• Lot 4130: Pocket watch: extremely rare IWC dress watch with chatelaine, white gold, 1947 — €3,000 - €6,500
• Lot 4131: Pocket watch: elegant, ultra-slim Movado gold/enamel dress watch, circa 1920 — €3,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4132: Pocket watch: exquisite gold and enamel dress watch in the Cartier style, probably circa 1920, erotic scene — €3,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4133: Pocket watch: rare onyx/platinum/gold/diamond dress watch, presumably Cartier for Rozanés Madrid, circa 1920 — €2,500 - €7,500
• Lot 4134: Pocket watch: rare Art Deco dress watch by Omega, gold/platinum & enamel — €3,200 - €5,000
• Lot 4135: Pocket watch: large gold Lepine with a rare ultra-flat Bagnolet calibre, Motta Frères, c. 1830 — €2,400 - €3,500
• Lot 4136: Pocket watch: rare verge watch with calendar, André Hessen, Paris, circa 1780 — €2,500 - €3,500
• Lot 4137: Pocket watch: an absolute rarity, shaped watch with magnifying glass, 18K gold, circa 1800 — €2,800 - €4,000
• Lot 4138: Pocket watch: large, early "Oignon", Le Bon Paris, c. 1700 — €2,000 - €3,000
• Lot 4139: Pocket watch: early, single-hand central winding "Oignon" circa 1700, extremely rare case with stingray skin — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4140: Pocket watch: "Oignon" circa 1710 in very good original condition, Charles Paris — €2,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4141: Pocket watch: interesting early verge watch, circa 1735, PONCET à Pezenas — €2,500 - €4,500
• Lot 4142: Pocket watch: large London pocket watch with repoussé silver case, Arlaud, circa 1700 — €2,400 - €3,000
• Lot 4143: Pocket watch: fine "onion" style, c. 1715, court watchmaker Gaudron, Paris — €2,600 - €4,000
• Lot 4144: Pocket watch: early English pocket watch with date, Antram London, circa 1700 — €2,600 - €4,000
• Lot 4145: Pocket watch: early gold double-cased verge watch, Binsse à Nantes, c. 1760 — €2,800 - €3,500
• Lot 4146: Pocket watch for the Ottoman market with repeater, George Prior, London, c. 1800 — €2,200 - €3,000
• Lot 4147: Pocket watch: exceptionally large 4-colour gold verge watch with a rare relief design, circa 1780 — €3,000 - €5,000
• Lot 4148: Pocket watch: large Geneva ceremonial pocket watch with repeater, "Patron Geneve", c. 1780 — €3,000 - €4,000
• Lot 4149: Wristwatch: historically interesting LeCoultre pilot"s watch, used by German paratroopers at Monte Cassino in 1944 — €1,200 - €1,800
• Lot 4150: Wristwatch: sought-after Lemania Tg 195 military chronograph, Swedish military, 1950s — €4,500 - €7,500